from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I …

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from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence. ✨ Martin Luther (2012). Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings, p.299, Fortress Press
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from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence. ✨ Martin Luther (2012). Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings, p.299, Fortress Press

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